SDCL § 28-6-29: Funding pool established.

The department shall establish a funding pool consisting of an amount annually calculated by multiplying the total of all medical assistance resident days of all publicly owned and operated nursing facilities during the fiscal period during which a resident was eligible for and received benefits under chapter 28-6 times an amount that does not exceed the amount that can reasonably be estimated to be paid under payment principles established under medicare, reduced by the medical assistance payment rates set for each such resident, for each such day, during the fiscal period.